Dismantling the patriarchy…one drink at a time!

We plan to begin celebrating with a cocktail tonight, and laissez les Bontemps roulez all the way until next Monday, when we’ll be teaming up once again with the Etiquetteer for a benefit cocktail reception at the Gibson House Museum!

We’ll raise a glass to the 80th anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition (December 5, 1933) at the Gibson House Museum on Monday, December 9, 2013, from 6:30 – 8:30 PM. Etiquetteer will offer a few deft words about the manners and morals of Prohibition. Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails (LUPEC) will be serving Charlie’s Beacon, a cocktail specially designed in honor of the Gibson House and its founder, Charles Hammond Gibson, Jr. Ryan and Wood Distillery of Gloucester is graciously sponsoring Repeal Day with its world-class Knockabout Gin. Period attire is encouraged.

All proceeds go to support the matching grant of $7,081 awarded to Gibson House Museum from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Museums for America grant program. The grant will fund a project to scan, digitize, and archive photographs from the collection held in 21 photograph albums, a total of 1356 images. This project will enable the House to fulfill its mission to welcome people through a variety of programs.

Tickets are $100. Space is strictly limited to 35 guests, so make your required reservations now by contacting the House at info@thegibsonhouse.org or 617.267.6338!

Buy your tickets right here right now for our party at The Sinclair on June 6.from 7-11pm

The Boston-area bartending community will wrap up the month-long DrinkOne promotion with a celebratory fundraiser at Harvard Square hot spot, The Sinclair. Throughout the month of May drinking establishments from Boston, Cambridge, and beyond partnered together for DrinkOne, a city-wide drink promotion developed to benefit service industry professionals and families affected by the tragic bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The event will include $5 signature cocktails with proceeds benefiting DrinkOne, food, door prizes, raffle, burlesque acts by The Boston Babydolls, and more. Entry to the event ranges from $20 to $40 (including a raffle ticket and DrinkOne tee-shirt.)

Remember: The boys of onthebar have made it super easy to find all #DrinkOne cocktails when you’re out about town. Just download their app from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store and search for “drinkone” in the drinks tab!

Find our drinks on the onthebar app. Search for “drinkone”

Oh, and about those cocktails: THEY’RE FREAKIN’ DELICIOUS. Here, take a look at them (hover to see ingredients; click to embiggen). Then, drag your friends out to help you drink some!

Back Bar & Grand Ten Distilling – Strong Sage

Casa B & 4 Roses – Union Dram

West Bridge & Hendricks – Every Rose Has its Thorn

Sycamore & Jack’s Abby

Silvertone & Cutty Sark – Cutty Press

Russell House Tavern, Applejack & Grand Ten Distilling – Boston Dawn

Moksa & Drambuie – Rabbit’s Foot

Il Casale – Orange Line

Hawthorne & Pierre Ferrand – Cornwall Highball

Citizen + Franklin Cafes & Brugal – Drink One Daiquri

And if you can’t make it out to any of our events or bars, remember you can still donate here. Cin cin!

First thing’s first: Save the date for June 6 at the Sinclair where we will have a wrapup party featuring raffles, auctions, and more!

Also: The boys of onthebar have now made it super easy to find all #DrinkOne cocktails when you’re out about town. Just download their app from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store and search for “drinkone” in the drinks tab!

Find our drinks on the onthebar app. Search for “drinkone”

Oh, and about those cocktails: THEY’RE FREAKIN’ DELICIOUS. Here, take a look at them (hover to see ingredients; click to embiggen). Then, drag your friends out to help you drink some!

Back Bar & Grand Ten Distilling – Strong Sage

Casa B & 4 Roses – Union Dram

West Bridge & Hendricks – Every Rose Has its Thorn

Sycamore & Jack’s Abby

Silvertone & Cutty Sark – Cutty Press

Russell House Tavern, Applejack & Grand Ten Distilling – Boston Dawn

Moksa & Drambuie – Rabbit’s Foot

Il Casale – Orange Line

Hawthorne & Pierre Ferrand – Cornwall Highball

Citizen + Franklin Cafes & Brugal – Drink One Daiquri

And if you can’t make it out to any of our events or bars, remember you can still donate here. Cin cin!

Have a drink with LUPEC and USBG and make an automatic donation, it’s that easy!

Last week, we told you about our plans to help raise money for both the Marathon victims and our sisters & brothers in the service industry affected by the loss of business. Most of us work for bars that have all raised and will continue to raise money for OneBoston. We are doing this additional fundraiser, in part, to help the service workers who either could not get to work or donated their time to serve first responders, refusing any tips. We are proud of their selfless actions during what should have been one of their busiest weeks of the year.

All the bars on this list have designated a cocktail on their menu whose May proceeds will go our fundraiser. Stop into your favorite bars, ask them what their DrinkOne special is, order and pay for it, and you’ve donated! Thanks so far to: Back Bar, Casa B, Citizen, Daddy Jones, Franklin Cafe, Franklin Southie, Green Street, The Hawthorne, Il Casale, Island Creek Oyster Bar, Moksa, Park, Russell House Tavern, The Sinclair, Sycamore, Tavern Road, Trina’s Starlite Lounge, The Vault, and West Bridge!

Update 5/2:Also, thanks and welcome to Silvertone and Eastern Standard as participating bars!

DrinkOne

A LUPEC + USBG Marathon Fundraiser

This May drinking establishments from Boston, Cambridge, and beyond will partner together for DrinkOne, a month-long, city-wide drink promotion. ALL profits of sales of DrinkOne drinks will be donated those affected by the tragic bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon April 15, 2013.

DrinkOne will allow Boston-area bartenders to show their support the best way they know how: by serving delicious drinks and donating all proceeds from their sales to victims of the Marathon bombings.

DrinkOne will be punctuated by a series of events to include a bar crawl, where guests will “race” from bar to bar to sample DrinkOne drinks while sporting specially made “running” shirts, arriving at a celebratory bash to mark the end of the promotion (venue TBD.)

The closing bash also a fundraiser, will feature a fabulous prize raffle, and silent auction. The total dollar amount raised during the course of the month at the closing party.

PARTICIPATING BARS

It’s easy to participate: simply designate a drink of your choosing, either newly added or an old faithful, as your DrinkOne cocktail. Proceeds from sales of that drink through May 31st will support those affected by the Marathon Bombings.

Stay tuned for a list of venues where you can drink for a cause this May!

DrinkOne will collect all donations through gofundme.com or via check written directly to the USBG Boston. Once the promotion is complete, DrinkOne will announce the dollar amount of funds raised, which will then be allocated as follows:

To support members of the service industry affected by the Marathon bombings

To support families affected by the Marathon bombings

For further information or to get involved please contact Kitty Amann at 617-733-2791 or via email kirsten@kirstenamann.com.

On Monday, February 4, 2013 from 7-11pmLUPEC Boston will transform the back room at Silvertone into an “Under the Sea”-themed Prom. The night will be a whimsical evening of dancing, drinks, and awkward slow dancing, all to benefit women’s charities On the Rise and The Breast Cancer Fund.

THE SNOW BALL will be LUPEC’s second annual winter prom, a party and clothing drive designed to alleviate the winter doldrums for Boston-area cocktail lovers while collecting clothing and raising money for women’s charities. Beneficiaries this winter are On the Rise, a Cambridge-based non-profit that supports the initiative and strength of women living in crisis or homelessness, and cash donations for The Breast Cancer Fund, a non-profit working to translate the growing body of scientific evidence linking breast cancer and environmental exposures into public education and advocacy campaigns to protect women’s health and reduce breast cancer risk.

Entry to THE SNOW BALL costs $25 and will be granted on a first come, first served basis. 100% of ticket proceeds will be donated to The Breast Cancer Fund. Clothing donations will be given to On the Rise.

Guests who bring clothing and other items deemed acceptable for donation (magic list below) will receive tickets for complimentary drinks commensurate with their donation. $5 spiked punch will be available for purchase. Light snacks will be served and celebrity bartenders Josh Childs and John Nugent will hold forth behind the stick.

As with all LUPEC events, dressing up is encouraged. Guests are invited to come in creative formal prom attire, and to dress to impress. Prizes will be awarded for “Best Dressed.”

THE SNOW BALL: A LUPEC Boston Winter Prom

Monday, Feb 4th from 7-11pmSilvertone, 69 Bromfield St, Boston$25 at the door OR complimentary entrance with clothing donationEntry is first come, first served
Entry includes: 4 drink tickets for $25 OR drink tickets commensurate with clothing donation, dancing, snacks$5 punches available for additional purchase

Donation Requests

from

On the Rise

These items will get you in for free!

Seasonal, causal women’s clothing and travel-size toiletries are items that are always needed by the women at On The Rise. Here’s a few easily portable items you can bring to The Snow Ball.

– Multi-packs of undergarments like sports socks, sports bras, and underwear in all sizes

– Charlie Cards in denominations of $5

Warm or wool socks in new condition (not ankle socks)

– $25 denominations to Target to assist housed women

UBER

Gets You to the Snow Ball

IN STYLE!

Free rides for first timers!

LUPEC Boston is excited to offer $25 off a town car ride to our launch event for anyone who hasn’t tried Uber yet! Haven’t heard of Uber? No problem!

Uber is an iPhone/Android app that lets you tag your location and summon a professional driver to your side within minutes. Once in the car, the driver will take you wherever you need to go. The fare is billed to your credit card with tip already included so you don’t have to worry about handling cash. For the radius of Ubers available pickup, as well as a detailed breakdown of rates, check out www.uber.com/Boston.

To help you get to the event in style, Uber is offering $25 off the town car ride by using the code

“boslupec2013″. Head into the app, click on account, then promotions, and enter the code.

Once applied, your ride will be way cheaper – and slicker – than a cab!